Electric connecter



y 8, 3 P. s. WESTCOTT 1,816,053

. ELECTRIC CONNEQTER Filed Jan. 25, 1950 g g liz I INVENTOR QJMw ATTORNEYS Patented July 28, 1931 stares arem" session ;-grunt?, ssavnszroorr or. .o rcaeo, ILLINOIS, ssr'eno z- TO THE .rYLn-neqrrolver oomrnnxororrrcaso, Lgtr ro s.A QORPOBATIQN'OF NEW JERSEY s eers-I0 counterf ipplication filed January 25,1930. -Seria1 no. 423,299.

invention relates tov improvements in electric connecters lfor railroad 'car electric systems and the like .and :has for one vobject to provide anew and improved means .for 15: fasteningtogetherthe conductors, the con- .jductor socket and the housing therefor. Other objectswill appear from time to. time throughoutthe specification. and claims.

My invention is illustrated more or less 19 diagrammatically in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a rear elevation of housing assembly with parts in section;

Figure 2 is a transverse section along the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 8 is a perspective view of one of the terminal elements.

Like parts are indicated by like characters throughout the specification and drawings.

which may be bolted, screwed or otherwise suitably attached such as to the car frame or the like. The front end of this yoke has a pivoted cover A having aspring A which Closes the er. The box A projects down- Wardly below the cover and has threaded therein a shank A provided with a hand wheel A and adapted to engage a locking plate A". A is a spring encircling the shank and interposed between the locking plate A and the interior of the boss A tending y'ieldingly to urge the locking plate A in thesame direction as it is positively forced by the threaded shank.

B is an insulating socket forming a housing enclosed Within the yoke. This socket projects forwardly through the yoke into the same plane as and is closed by the door A A0 B is an insulating plate resting on the lock socket B which socket is cut away asat B I to provide an aperture to receive a holding eonnecter member not here shown. The housing B is provided at the top with a relatively large aperature B and at the bottom with a relatively small aperlure 13*, these two apertures being in line, and in line with them is a tapered aperture B in the body of the terminal socket B. B is a holding screw six L9 that passes through the housing and is thread- A is a supporting yoke. It has legs A plate A and adapted to engage a conductor .a close intimate terminal .electrical and physical connection betweeirthe spool: C a'nd the conductor or cable. The parts are. assembled by inserting the :spool through-the large apertureEB seating 1t inthe. aperture"l3 and ;11aving the threaded portion 0 1 project outwarfclly throughthe aperture B 0 is a nut'threa-ded bn such po'rtion G and associatedwith a washerC engaging the housing.

The clamp; bar :is -:held I by the threaded shank against the housing and against the conductor :to hold the parts'invpositionin theyoke. :The small screw assists in holding the conductor socketinthe housing and when the nut (l ds: tightened up, it draws the taperedspool tightly into its socket or seat n the block B and also-tightly holds the black 13 cm. position in the housing; thereby serving both to make a strong mechanical connection to drawand 'holdttheparts together andasatisfactorytight electrical. con- .Itact toprovide a satisfactory electrical connection. y

I claim 1. ;In. combination. an insulatinghousing. sit{block.SOGkGHidJ'hOlQDlOYflbl) engage a coin necter, means for holding the block in .position in the housing,-a conductor, a tapered terminal spool on theendthereof, socketedin the block, "threaded ;at. its en;d,..a- "nut .onj the threaded end. engaging the cxterior .ofxthe housing to simultaneously;make,a ,firmclectrio contactbetween thespooland the block and holdthe block in positioninthe housing. 2. -In. combination, an insulatingahousing,

a block :socketed to removablyengage a connecter,- .meansfor holding thezblock in :posii tion in the housing, .a conductor, a "tapered terminal ispool on "the ,endthereof, .socketed in the block, threaded at its encl,,-a nut ontlie threaded end engagingtthe exteriorof the housing to simultaneously make a firm. electric contact between the spool and the block and hold the block in position in the housing, a yoke, a clamp adapted to hold the housing in fixed position on the yoke and means associated with the clamp for holding the housing in the yoke and for holding the block in position in the housing independent of the means above referred to for holding the block in the housing and independent of the spool.

8; In combination,aninsulating housing, a block socketed to removably engage a connecter, means for holding the block in position in the housing, a conductor, a tapered terminal spool on the end thereof, socketed in r the block, threaded at its end, a nut on the threaded end engaging the exterior of the housing to simultaneously make a firm electric contact betweenthe spool and the block and hold the block in position in the housing,

a yoke, a clamp adapted to hold the housing in fixed position on the yoke and means associated with the clamp for holding the lionsing in the yoke and for holding the block in position in the housing independent of the means above referred to for holdng the block in the housing and independent of the spool, the yoke being adjacent the socketed end of the block, the terminal extending from the housing at a point removed from the yoke.

4. In combination, an insulating housing, a block socketed to removably engage a connecter, means for holding the block in position in the housing, a conductor, a tapered terminal'spool on the end thereof, socketed in the block, threaded at its end, a nution the threaded end engaging the exterior of the housing to simultaneously make a firm electric contact between the spool and the block and hold the block in position in the housing, a yoke, a clamp adapted to hold the housing in fixed position on the yoke and means assooiated with the clamp for holding the housing in the yoke and for holding the block in position in the housing independent of the means above referred to for holdng theblock in the housing and independent of the spool, the yoke being adjacent the socketed end of tures being of such size as to be out of contact with the spool.

6. An electric connector comprising a yoke, an insulating housing contained therein, a socketed conductor block contained within the housing, a clamp member associated with the yoke, adapted to hold the housing rigidly in position in the yoke and the socketed block in position in the housing, means interposed between the housing and the block at a point removed from the socketed portion therefor for holding them in predetermined relation, a tapered conductor spool socketed in the block projecting through both walls; of the housing and means associated with the spool and the housing for drawing the spool longitudinally through the block to make an electric contact between them and for holding the housing and the block firmly together.

Signed at Chicago, County of Cook and State of Illinois, this 16th day of January,

PHILIP S. WESTGOIT.

" the block, the terminal extending from the i close the end of the housing and enclose the a 1 housing at a point removed from the yoke, a

cover plate pivoted on the yoke adapted to socketed end of the block. l

5. In combination, an insulating housing, a block socketed to removably engage a connecter, means for holding the block in position in the housing, a conductor, a tapered terminal spool on the end thereof, socketed in the block, threaded at its end, a nut on the threaded end engaging the exterior of the housing to simultaneously make a firm elec-' tric contact between the spool and the block and hold the block in position in the housing, the housing being apertured on opposed sides in line with the tapered aperture in the block which is engaged by the spool, both said aperliiO 

